Two of the worst that are so out of tune they shoulda never made vinyl.

Post yours.

Anything ZZ Top...

Ok, from a listener, the BTO solo was pretty lame IMO.

But, Just Got Paid? what's bad/or is it all. ?

Anything by Poison.

Cop out.

Cop out.

Ok, go to 1:50

Cinnamon Girl by Neil Young.

It’s one note played over and over...

Dickey Betts Blue Sky.

Slayer, raining blood.

Only because it was probably pre-recorded. Wah pedal while walking around??

Kerry King in the key of H!

LOL

Jesus, I'm stuck listening to these all night I guess?

LOL

Could be worse.

Wah pedal is in his arm pit.

Duh.

Well it’s nickel back so, there’s that....

Don't get me wrong I love Cobain but this is hilarious...2:08

I don't think I've ever heard Niel Young play a properly tuned guitar. I use the term "play" very loosely.

Red Rider Lunatic Fringe just 'cause it fits current times

That solo is pretty dang good Mr. Too Dogs.

Couldn't really name the worst guitar solo but this is one of, if not the most forced and ill fitting pairings of lyrics with something that more or less passes as a melody.




Tied for bottom place in the category of Stupid Lyrics is "Take The Money and Run".

They headed down to, ooh, old el paso
That's where they ran into a great big hassle
Billy joe shot a man while robbing his castle
Bobbie sue took the money and run

Billy mack is a detective down in texas
You know he knows just exactly what the facts is

Texas and facts is as a rhyming couplet?! That deserves a sound horse whipping, not to mention eternal torture by grammar Nazis for the plural noun and singular verb.

He aint gonna let those two escape justice
He makes his livin off of the peoples taxes

Facts is and peoples taxes?! A quick execution is too merciful for that kind of butchery.

There's lyrics and there's guitar solos.

Take your pick.

Beautiful!

Higginez;
Good evening to you sir, I hope the first week of April treated you all well.

As I've mentioned likely too many times, I've got a soft spot for Red Rider as I saw them live in '78?? when they opened for April Wine in the metropolis of Yorkton, SK.

They put on one of the better shows I've seen actually and I don't remember any part of their portion as not well done.

The April Wine part is another story and much of the crowd left before they were done as they wanted to be there as much as April Wine didn't which was apparent to everyone.

Anyways thanks all for the memories from long, long ago.

All the best.

Dwayne

Hig, I know yer thread was worst guitar solos, but I do like me some Red Rider Lunatic Fringe. Glad you like Red Rider too BC30cal, and a great eve to you Sir

BC30cal,

Good evening to you Sir.

I hope the eighth of April treated you and yours well.

I know bad guitar solos and that aint one.

Best to you and hopes that it is not 90 (ninety) degrees there this afternoon.

Higgins

He "plays" and "sings" in the key of whiny bitch.

"I might not be that great at playing guitar, but when it comes to singing, at least I'm mediocre."

Neil Young


He might not be your thing, but at least he's got a great sense of humor about it.

An affable douchebag?

Homo says what?

Same for Keith Richards. He’s a hack.

And Kirt Cobain count play his ass. His best “solo” was playing that 12 gauge.

LOL. No doubt.

Come to think of it, you're onto something. I've never heard him actually sing or actually play guitar.

I got a freaky old lady
name of cocaine Katie
that embroiders on my jeans

alwaya thought that was a copy of REK "Road goes on forever"

I'd forgotten how badly tuned Keith Richards sounds, but you're right...and I don't think a a well tuned guitar would make him sound much better.

Some of the guys who've made it big beatin on six strings...well, it just amazes me that people want to hear them. But then, I wonder WTF would anyone vote dhimmicrat. Maybe it's the same folks, and that leads to another thought...who'd have guessed dead people listen to music (or what passes for it)?

I had to laugh 😀 because Road Goes On Forever is exactly where my mind went when forced lyrics was mentioned.

LOL. No doubt Andrew.

Both best the schitt outta anything Neil Young ever “played”.
And Biily Gibbons would have played circles around Jimmy Hendrix. Who most here think was a Guitar “God”.

^^^ No. ^^^

I watched Willie Nelson “play” a few years ago and what was coming out of his busted old guitar was obviously not what he was hearing in his head. It literally sounded like a small child messing around with a guitar and old Willie was bobbing and jamming like he was really doing something. It was pitiful.

Crap!

I'm posting some of the most epic guitar solos of all time on a "worst guitar solo" thread.

My bad.

Taylor Swift melody. Check.

Titties on display. Check.

Red leather. Check.

Flat bill cowboy hat. Check.

not making excuses....

when you are 85 yo, playing a 50 yo guitar thats prolly what you will get.


id got see willie, but not expecting to see "seven spanish" or highwayman willie

cuaght a podcast the other day,

george straight and willie are doing a big birthday show.
randy rogers is opening for them.

id pay to see to RRB.

The only thing worse than dopehead Libertard Willie’s playing “skills” is his “singing”.
Worst live concert I’ve ever seen. A 1st grader could have kept better “time”. Actually felt sorry for his stoner band.

He wrote a few great songs, but sucks as a “performer”.
He’s the Neil Young of Country Music.

Not a guitar solo...but Johnny Cash sang off key most of the time.

Still waiting for Chlinstructor to post a vid of the worst guitar solo ever.

Texan's will that to you... Like Blue Bell ice cream and Whataburger.

I like some of Cash’s songs. But his singling voice is almost as bad as Kris Kristofferson.

His daughter, Rosanne, however, has a great voice.

Lmao.
Says the Californian that thinks Elvin Bishop is great.
Gay !!!! 😂

Johnny Cash had the voice of an Angel compared to Kris Kristophersons.

Not even close man.

Anything by Kurt Cobain or Neil Young. Take your pick.

Blasphemy. That solo is awesome

Miles Davis aint got nothing on that Fred Durst fella!

Lame.

Agree!

anything from the so called "alternative rock" garbage from Nirvana on up to the current sh it

That Nigel Tufnel fella played some real stinkers. At least his amps went up to 11.

And this whole time I thought it was "rubbing his ass-hole". /s

NO, It's Billy Joe shot a man while robbing a Gasso.
Gasso was a chain of gas stations.

Yeah, he has wore that poor old guitar out too. Always played that pitiful stuff.

Yep, great songwriter. But, that's about it.

I saw the Grateful Dead in the early 90s. Jerry seemed
to be on a good dose of something. Total s h i t solo 😂

I ended up in the parking lot having a good time.

Anything by Rush is doo-doo.

Bite your tongue...sir🤔🤔
Seen Rush twice, 76 and 78.. Louisville Kentucky.
Living at Ft Knox...
The 3 of them were the best of there trade.
Drummer/song writer...
Alex and Getty (Gary) played together in Jr high school.
I am closing in on 66 . Still listening to Rush..

Well, I couldn't get an answer why a ZZ Top solo was bad, but I sure as hell don't need an explanation on this one. JFC

mike judges ( beavus buttheadd / king of the hill) "tales from the tour bus" is a hoot.

All I need is a guitar!

You are 100% correct

Anybody ever heard of a guy named Pete Townsend? He's supposed to be a lead guitarist. He does a decent show when he's playing, with the windmill thing though.

Townsend was never much of a lead guy, but he sure could sweep his kiddie porn under the rug.

Sicko.

Folks here only mentioned Hendrix once or twice in the this thread - but seems like a worthy candidate.

Nobody here is surprised Jimi don't make sense to a French Horn aficionado.

Your counting is almost as good as my math as well, which aint saying much.

Never was an Uncle Ted fan.....

Sort of what I heard - "shot a man while robbing his gas-oh"; I figured it meant he was robbing a filling station which made sense for trash like Billy Joe.

Continuing the theme of incoherent noise for noise’s sake, anything by Black Sabbath.....

Saw him at Billy Bob’s in Ft. Worth in 2019. I was at a Caterpillar event and they brought him in to play for us. I was kinda looking forward to it; my dad listened to him quite a bit when I was a kid but oh my! Two cats screwing off the back porch would have sounded better than whatever it was he was supposedly doing. Some guy drug his girlfriend over to hear him and left her there at the bar with me and a buddy. We laughed about what kind of man leaves his girl with a couple of geographical bachelors? She said they drove in from some place quite a ways away because her boyfriend was stupid into the ‘legend’ that is Willie. We chatted together for a bit about how terrible he sounded and how she needed to find someone with actual taste in music until I just couldn’t take that racket anymore. I walked back to the hotel. Yes, alone.

Well that is just about the most anti climactic story I've ever read.

Congratulations. I think.

Yeah...but he still got lucky.

I think there are more than enough musicians from all genres that do not have "wang chung", some songs just make me cringe! You mean to tell me nobody in that recording studio can hear how bad it sounds? In the end , they all have much more money than I do, the ones that are still alive , anyway!

Blasphemy!!! Alex Zivojinovich is a guitar God!

Some people might feel entertained, but I would be surprised if he made sense to anyone with a discerning ear.

Most classical snobs would!

Listening to Danny Gatton and Joey DeFranceso doing some heavy blues/rock at the moment ("Relentless" album), and playing along a bit. If ever I become a "classical snob", will get back to this thread.

I'm sure Willie is past his prime, but he could play at one time. This is NOT a bad solo..

Well, I'm confused. Not sure if this thread is about best or worst.

Here are a couple of tunes I really like from WAY back in the day, and you'll certainly never hear them on the radio...

So enjoy or stick a dagger in it. Give em a listen.

Uno mas



otro

[quote=Higginez]

Taylor Swift melody. Check. Okay

Titties on display. Check. Yes and better than Miss Swifts

Red leather. Check. Not this time.

Flat bill cowboy hat. Check. Also not this time.

Hard to find guitar solos these days. 70's and 80's are over Bro.

This was one I was supposed to be at.

Ps. She's not bad for a drummer, just saying.

XM radio sucks azz.
Bon jovi, sabbath, poison, alice cooper, GnR....rotating through 5 friggin channels.

Megadeath " Hangar 18" was on way home. Told the old lady shred is dead. Never could get into that. My guitar nerd buddies ate that chit up.

Now I listen to a lot of diff stuff but shred just doesnt work for me.

I like that song! I like a lot of Black Sabbath though….

I like The Cars, granted they are more of a studio band than live. Eliot Easton is a mediocre Guitar player at best. WAtch some live Cars and you'll see Easton can barely pull of his own solos.

I actually like the first two songs you listed especially "Just got Paid"

I think Hendricks was over rated though he did influence some guitar players. Keith Richards and Townsend were also over rated.

There's no accounting for Music taste though because Bruce Spermstain is one of the richest men in R&R and I hate his music and think he sucks.

Willie was pretty good “back in the day” . Went and seen him a few years ago along with Allison Krause and Sturgill Simpson.
Got up and left halfway through Willie . Allison and Sturgill were off the chain.

Worst guitar solo? Any of em’ played by me …..

Even when Kotzen was their guitarist? That guy is insanely good.

I always thought Twisted Sisters We're not gonna take it solo was about as cheezy as it gets

And his les paul had sustain for days!